Liquid meter



April 7, 1925.

P. BAILEY LIQUID METER' Filed March 24, 1921 ATTORNEYS .atentedA pr., 7, 1925.

n sraras raUL- BAILEY, or BERKELEY, 'sauroanna.y

LQUIID METER.

Applicatouled March 24, 1921. Serial No. ltl,

T all whom it may concern:

Be it known that l, PAUL Barnier, aA citizen of the United States, anda resident of the city of Eerlreley, county of Alameda, State vof California., have. invented a new and useful Liquid hlleter, of which the'following is a specification.

rEhe present invention has referencetoka form of meter inwhich difference' in static pressure is depended upon to indicate the volume of flow.

lt is an object of the invention to provide a meter which indicates the velocity of flow by measuring, dynamically, the dif ference in static pressure as between still water, or practically still water, and flowing water all in a common conduit.

A. further object is to provide a. measuring apparatus by which there may be ee'cted,

in a common conduit, a difference in static pressure is a flowing body of water, or other liquid, and to utilize this difference in the dynamic operation of an indicating device.

Another object of the invention is to provide a static meter of great eliiciency, and accuracy and simplicity, and low in cost and reliable in action. f

A further object is to provide a new metaod for measuring flowing liquids.

The invention possesses other objects and features of advantage, some Vof which, with the foregoing, will be made manifest in the following description of the preferred form of the invention which is illustrated in the drawings accompanying and forming part of the specification. It is to be understood that it is not intended to limit the invention to the embodiment shown by the said dra ings and description as variations may be adopted within the scope of the invention as set forth in the claims.

Fig. 1 is a perspective of a portion of an open type flume or conduit with the meter applied.

Fig. 2 is a perspective of a portion of a closed type of conduit with the meter applied.

Fig. 3 is a detail sectional view of a. form v of wheel and its mountinO.

D0 Fig. i is a sectional view showing a slight ly modified form of static chamber.

The present invention differs in its scientific principle of operation from all other meters in that it establishes in a common 'thehead 2 and water Hows into and freely conduit a dilference in static pressure and which difference 1s utilized as a means for measuring How through the conduit.

The Vapparatus involves a short tube of suitable and predetermined dimensions in which isl disposed altransverse wall with, or forming, a discharge orilice and in this tube is also disposed a' horizontal partition in advance' of thev discharge orifice, with respect to the line-of flow, and abutting the wall. rlhs formsupper and lower pockets through the lower of which the water freely flows while in the upper it is practically still because blocked against free liow by` the wall. This structure will, therefore, create in the upperpocket a greater static 7o pressure than in the lower pocket because of the difference in the kinetic energy in the water in the two pockets and because of frictional and other losses of energy by the flowing water. This difference in static 7, pressure between the two pocketswill vary with the velocity of flow of liquid through the tube of fixed dimensions and constitutes a dependa-ble index of the velocity of flow and also the rate of flow through the tube. i

Combined with the. tube is a means for dynamically utilizing the difference in static pressure in the pockets.

rllhe generic principle involved may be applied to conduits of various sizes and S5 shape and obviously the proportions and dimensions of the necessary structure will be calculated to give proper results in given cases. f

The system is adaptable in organizations appropriate for theineasurement of flow in open and in closed conduits respectively.

Commercial forms of apparatus are shown in the drawings and described more in detail hereinafter.

An open conduit D is provided with a transverse head 2 and this is provided with an orifice 3 about which is placed a short tube4. The tube projects upstream from through the rtube and to the orifice 3. The tube 4 has its top 5 below the normal surface of water on therupside of the head and therefore water Ywithout velocity, other than eddies, lies above the top '5. On this top is a screen Gat the front of which is an imperfor-ate barrier 7 behind which is an opening 8 in the top 5,`and this opening provides for a small iiow of Water Jtrom the dead body above into the flowing stream in the tube il. rIhis 4flow throughthe opening 8'is due to the diierer-.ce in the static pressure above and below the top 5 of the tube.

The stat-io diiilerenee isv inereased Aand increment et kinetic energy is obtained by leading the Water in the opening 8 intoa contracted pipe 9 curved down-stream. This pipe is shown as provided upon the .lower face of the top 5 of thatube, la dit may be embodied inthe form of a cr. ting having streani-line Fins 10 and il.

llnftheiin' re opening S ott-hepipe 9 is apvertical sluit-l2havinga donn-tion* turbine Wheel of any desired type. The shaitzand itsivheel is suspended on ya ball or otherbearing le ,and the loivei' end ot the shaft issuitably guided in a bearing l5.

The water 'Wheel shaft 12l isY connected to 'Li-:suitable type ot' register indicated at which is readily observable the 'record showing the vquantity ot' Watei,tliat has@ assed through the tube since a given setting of the meter, and velocity and rate et flow.

Thesaime principal elements of the 4above described apparatus are incorporated ina meter for use in a closed Conduit, as the pipe20, Fig. 2.

The screeninay be emitter as iu Fig. 2 or lit may be arranged at theintale end ,ot the poclretabove the partition 5, as in F ig. 4f. Y itniayhe desirable to permit a slow flow of Water through the upperxpoelret in the tube ll,to;remove:sedimentand this is accomplished by providingan outlet Q in the Wall 2- lt is understood that the quiet .sone- Wat-er is not necessarily at the top orf vthe tube,1an d also that the tube may consist or a part oitghe conduit, as iirFig. 2.

The still lWatermay be agitatedv by eddies and'hasy a slightiiow into the tube but it is relatively still vas to Water flowing through the tube.

The met-e1? mcohanisnrmay be ofany desi-red;type1an l may register either the velecity of flou', rat-e of HOW or total fion', or all or any or these factors.

Thatv is claimed is:

l. rin apparatus for measuring iiow or' 'liquid in a. conduit, comprising ya short tube jin the condi'ritan'd through which all ot the liquid to be measured passes, means for forming adjacent to the tube a relatively still body oi liquid, means providing for flow oi liquid from the still body into the tube, means -for measuring flow through the tube and operated by the dynamic 'force `ofthe tion* 'from the still body to ,lt moving body in the tube, and means iter increasing theV 'force of said operating iiow by .suction effect derived troni the vmovement.off the laxge body of liquid passing through the tube.

2. A n apparatus fior measuring the filoni ot liquid comprising a conduit Ahaving a transverse Wall provided Witha submerged oriiice, a tube surroundine said oriiice 'and extending upstream therefrom, a partially oraminated Wall enclosing a clurmber on one side of said tube, the u niioraminated portion of said Wall lying upstream, a conductor connecting said chamber Withinthe untoraminated portion fWith the interior of said tube and extending. downstream therein, a -regi ster, andmeans operatedlby the ioivoi' Water thru sai'd conductor "for operating said register. in apparatus for measuringthe Aiiow oi liquid comprising-a conduit having a transverse avallprovidedvith a submerged orilice, a, tube surrounding said oriiice'and extending upstream therefrom, a stream lined conductor havingva constrieted outlet audextending thru one sideoi" said tube 4and downstream,therein, a vWall upstream 'from and overlying the intake end of said conductor, a register, and means operated by the 'flow of Water thrusaid conductor for operating said register.

ln testimony whereof, have hereunto set my hand.

PAUL BALLR Y. 

